Houston, Texans would like to host NFL draft

Houston, Texans would like to host NFL draft

On the heels of a fantastic experience hosting Super Bowl LI and all the festivities around it, the Houston Texans have another hosting gig in their sights.

The Texans and the city of Houston have both expressed interest in hosting a future NFL draft.

“It’s one of those marquee events that a lot of cities around the country want to host, and Houston wants to be part of that,” Texans president Jamey Rootes was quoted by the Houston Chronicle. He was in Philadelphia for the 2017 NFL Draft, which attracted hundreds of thousands of NFL fans to the city for the three-day event.

The draft’s future is not yet known, but it’s likely the event returns to Philadelphia again next year. The league has the option to do so. This comes on the heels of two pretty successful years in Chicago, where tens of thousands (myself included) braved unseasonably cold weather in 2016 to take in the draft experience.

Many of the activities and attractions which appeared at Super Bowl week also travel along with the draft. Houston has shown it can organize and execute hosting such an event more than capably.

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